Senator Brown (D-OH) favors a strong public option.

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Wednesday June 24, 2009 · 4:12 PM PDT

2009/06/24 · 16:12

While I encourage everyone to involve themselves in whipping the public plan in the House, I also think it's important to continue contacting our Senators, if only to get a firm grasp of where they fall on the issue of a strong public plan. I wrote a short letter to each of my Senators, and Sherrod Brown responded swiftly. Below is my letter, and then in the blockquote, his reply.

joehoevah

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Monday November 17, 2008 · 4:10 PM PST

2008/11/17 · 16:10

ALD stands for Another Lieberman Diary. Deal with it! Republished below is a letter that I scribed and sent to my Democratic Senator, one of the chief salesmen of Senatorial Steak Sauce, according to recent stories by Kagro-X. Vexed by this, I put fingers to keys and responded.

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Hell no, Joe must...

53 votes Vote Now!

Hell no, Joe must...

GO!

53 votes

OTT: The Obama Transition Team, in Detail.

joehoevah

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Wednesday November 05, 2008 · 4:28 PM PST

2008/11/05 · 16:28

I am salivating at the prospects of an Obama administration and what it means for Cabinet appointments (including recent unconfirmed rumours that John Kerry is vying for Secretary of State, and that RFK Jr could be appointed head of the EPA), but the announcements concerning these will not be done immediately. So I am instead going to bide my time examining another team of relative importance in the early stages, as we prepare for an Obama administration, and the transition into the White House.

Below is a collection of short profiles on each of the main members of that team.

joehoevah

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Tuesday September 30, 2008 · 10:21 AM PDT

2008/09/30 · 10:21

As many of you know already, Ohio is one of several states that offer early in-person absentee voting prior to election day. Unlike many other states, however, it also offers residents the chance to register and vote all in the same building on the same day. Since I live a half-block from my actual polling place I had originally decided not to vote early, but the Obama campaign sent me an email last week urging that supporters go out and take advantage of the early voting window, and so I did it this morning. Below is my story.

joehoevah

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Tuesday September 23, 2008 · 3:35 PM PDT

2008/09/23 · 15:35

I just got an emailed action alert from the Obama campaign, and I thought I would use my diary today to put a spotlight on it, on a new ad campaign attached, and on my own letter to various editors that was inspired therefrom. As you're watching and/or reading, please take a moment to formulate your own letters to the editor, by yourself or through the Obama Action Wire as I have done, because 5 minutes is not too much to ask when your very future is at stake!

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Which adjective best describes McCain?

38 votes Vote Now!

Which adjective best describes McCain?

Out-of-touch

11 votes

Old

0 votes

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD

1 vote

Impossibly stupid

2 votes

Evil

3 votes

Heroic

3 votes

Terrifying

9 votes

Pie-in-the-face-inspiring

0 votes

Dickish

7 votes

Something else in the comments.

2 votes

Predictions: Playing with Election Map Beta (with Poll!).

joehoevah

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Thursday September 18, 2008 · 5:55 PM PDT

2008/09/18 · 17:55

I am, like almost everyone here, an avid follower of the daily polls, and a number of the more popular blogs. I am a political addict, and I am especially enthralled by maps that represent electoral college victories. I regularly consult fivethirtyeight (arguably my favorite blog after this one) and electoral-vote.com, not to mention pollster... And so I have, with some fascination, been playing with the new Kos-designed electoral vote calculator. I am impressed!

Witness my tomfoolery below.

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90 votes Show Results

Which map is most likely?

90 votes Vote Now!

Which map is most likely?

The horror map, o noes!!!!!!

2 votes

The woohoo map, I am an optimist.

16 votes

The likely map is like that third bowl of porridge.

47 votes

My own map, which I will post a screen of in the comments.

14 votes

Pie.

11 votes

Facts on the Ground - Ohio in 2008.

joehoevah

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Tuesday August 26, 2008 · 4:28 PM PDT

2008/08/26 · 16:28

In 2004, Kenneth Blackwell, a stockholder of Diebold Elections Systems, served as the Secretary of State for Ohio, and it was no surprise that in the same year, many thousands of Ohioans were willfully disenfranchised by the machinery of government. In 2006, Jennifer Brunner succeeded him in office - and it is a boon to Ohio that she did.

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123 votes Show Results

Which factor will put Obama over the top in Ohio?

123 votes Vote Now!

Which factor will put Obama over the top in Ohio?

The vote/register window.

24 votes

Jennifer Brunner's stance against electoral fraud.

24 votes

The ground game.

59 votes

Some other factor I will mention in the comments.

2 votes

He won't win Ohio, and the sky? She is falling.

11 votes

Pie, I guess.

3 votes

Why the Left is Right on... Health Care (with poll!)

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Saturday June 28, 2008 · 6:44 AM PDT

2008/06/28 · 06:44

This is the fourth in a series that has thus far included Why the Left is Right on... Gay Rights, Why the Left is Right on... The Death Penalty, and Why the Left is Right on... Abortion. In it I will briefly explore some of the problems with the current American health care system, and why I believe that these problems would best be solved by Democratic proposals for universal health care coverage.

For full disclosure, I note that I recently filed bankruptcy because of medical bills accrued when I did not have insurance - and my brother and my mother both still have no health insurance at all, so it is a personal issue for me.

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50 votes Show Results

What do you feel about universal health care?

I am a man who favors a single-payer system (centralized fund from which all payments flow).

I am a woman who favors a single-payer system (centralized fund from which all payments flow).

I am a man who favors universal health care, but not a single-payer system.

I am a woman who favors universal health care, but not a single-payer system.

I am a man who favors McCain style 'health care' - welfare for the insurance companies, a stiff middle finger for the little guy.

I am a woman who favors McCain style 'health care' - welfare for the insurance companies, a stiff middle finger for the little guy.

I am a man who is well off enough to believe that our current system works fine. No changes!

I am a woman who is well off enough to believe that our current system works fine. No changes!

I am a man who favors health care for NOBODY. Let's abolish medicine, and let God decide.

I am a woman who favors health care for NOBODY. Let's abolish medicine, and let God decide.

I am some other gender and/or I hold some other opinion that I will expand upon in the comments.

50 votes Vote Now!

What do you feel about universal health care?

I am a man who favors a single-payer system (centralized fund from which all payments flow).

22 votes

I am a woman who favors a single-payer system (centralized fund from which all payments flow).

21 votes

I am a man who favors universal health care, but not a single-payer system.

1 vote

I am a woman who favors universal health care, but not a single-payer system.

4 votes

I am a man who favors McCain style 'health care' - welfare for the insurance companies, a stiff middle finger for the little guy.

0 votes

I am a woman who favors McCain style 'health care' - welfare for the insurance companies, a stiff middle finger for the little guy.

0 votes

I am a man who is well off enough to believe that our current system works fine. No changes!

1 vote

I am a woman who is well off enough to believe that our current system works fine. No changes!

0 votes

I am a man who favors health care for NOBODY. Let's abolish medicine, and let God decide.

0 votes

I am a woman who favors health care for NOBODY. Let's abolish medicine, and let God decide.

0 votes

I am some other gender and/or I hold some other opinion that I will expand upon in the comments.

1 vote

Why the Left is Right on... Gay Rights! (With poll)

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Wednesday June 25, 2008 · 3:44 PM PDT

2008/06/25 · 15:44

This is the third in a series that has thus far included Why the Left is Right on... The Death Penalty, and Why the Left is Right on... Abortion. In it I will explore the status of gay rights, as well as the reasons that I feel that the left is right when it comes to teh gheyz (of which I am one - full disclosure). This diary will not explore the argument of marriage versus civil unions - though there are very valid points one could make on the subject, it is simply not the focus of this entry.

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Do you support gay marriage, civil unions, or neither?

277 votes Vote Now!

Do you support gay marriage, civil unions, or neither?

I am a woman who supports gay marriage, equal in name and rights to heterosexual marriages.

77 votes

I am a man who supports gay marriage, equal in name and rights to heterosexual marriages.

182 votes

I am a woman who supports civil unions for gays, even knowing that certain rights (such as social security benefits and immigration rights) are excluded.

4 votes

I am a man who supports civil unions, even knowing that certain rights (such as social security benefits and immigration rights) are excluded.

5 votes

I am a woman who does not support any sort of gay marriage or civil union.

2 votes

I am a man who does not support any sort of gay marriage or civil union.

6 votes

I am some other gender and/or hold some other opinion which I will expand upon in the comments section.

1 vote

Secularism at the Expense of Democracy: Turkey's Intrusive Military

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Thursday June 19, 2008 · 6:12 PM PDT

2008/06/19 · 18:12

The Republic of Turkey was founded on the ashes of the Ottoman Empire, guided into democracy and secularism by a charismatic and enduring figure called Mustafa Kemal, or (Atatürk). Under Atatürk, the military adopted a defensive and interventionist attitude, and in successive generations several democratic governments were overthrown, often on the grounds of being a 'threat to secularism' because they displayed a moderate religiosity.

Modern Turkey is currently lead by an almost universally acclaimed government, a beacon of stability in a particularly unstable region - an administration that espouses not only moderate Islam, but also democracy and the separation of church and state - a great example to the world. Turkey, in recent years, has had an economic boom as the rule of law has settled on the land, and more investors have been drawn to the area because of its newfound stability. The military and ultra-secular judiciary, however, seem intent on bringing the government down through anti-democratic means.

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11 votes Show Results

Is it acceptable for the Turkish military and judiciary to basically overthrow the democratically-elected Turkish government?

11 votes Vote Now!

Is it acceptable for the Turkish military and judiciary to basically overthrow the democratically-elected Turkish government?

Sorry, didn't read the article.

0 votes

YES! Down with democracy.

1 vote

No! The people should rule.

8 votes

I'm on the fence on this one.

1 vote

Mmmmm, turkey.

1 vote

Why the Left is Right on.... Capital Punishment (With Poll!)

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Thursday June 05, 2008 · 10:17 AM PDT

2008/06/05 · 10:17

This is a new series of articles I'm hoping to write, detailing why I feel that the left is correct on a variety of issues. The second such issue I will be examining is one that many people seem to be misinformed about, and so I invite you to join me beyond the jump for an examination of... THE DEATH PENALTY AND YOU.

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Where do you stand on capital punishment?

87 votes Vote Now!

Where do you stand on capital punishment?

I am a man who is for capital punishment for a variety of serious crimes.

12 votes

I am a woman who is for capital punishment for a variety of serious crimes.

2 votes

I am a man who is for capital punishment for only the most serious crimes (ie, murder and terrorism)

5 votes

I am a woman who is for capital punishment for only the most serious crimes (ie, murder and terrorism)

4 votes

I am a man who is opposed to capital punishment at all times.

43 votes

I am a woman who is opposed to capital punishment at all times.

19 votes

I am some other gender variant and/or I have a different opinion that I will explain in comments.

2 votes

Why the Left is Right On... Abortion (with Poll!)

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Monday June 02, 2008 · 3:38 PM PDT

2008/06/02 · 15:38

This is a new series of articles I'm hoping to write, detailing why I feel that the left is correct on a variety of issues. The first such issue I will be examining is a hot-button topic, and one that should be important to most women and many men this election cycle...

Because the Republican candidate has virtually vowed to overturn Roe vs Wade with his SCOTUS choices. Join me after the jump for a critical examination of... ABORTION POLICY AND YOU.

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165 votes Show Results

Where do you stand on abortion?

165 votes Vote Now!

Where do you stand on abortion?

I am a man who is pro-choice (but if I were a woman I wouldn't do it)

30 votes

I am a man who is pro-choice (and if I was a woman I'd abort all the time)

29 votes

I am a woman who is pro choice (but personally I would never do it)

24 votes

I am a woman who is pro choice (and would have or have had an abortion myself)

63 votes

I am a man or a woman who is pro-life (meaning pro-abortion-legislation)

9 votes

I am some other gender and/or I hold some other viewpoint that I will explain in comments

10 votes

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Action Alert: Hands off Health Care, McSame! (w/ poll)

Predictions: Playing with Election Map Beta (with Poll!).

Facts on the Ground - Ohio in 2008.

Why the Left is Right on... Health Care (with poll!)

Why the Left is Right on... Gay Rights! (With poll)

Secularism at the Expense of Democracy: Turkey's Intrusive Military

Why the Left is Right on.... Capital Punishment (With Poll!)

Why the Left is Right On... Abortion (with Poll!)